"unexceptionably useful and
necessary in every part of life." Whence is it taken, and who is its
author?

J. W. T.

Dewsbury.

_Jacobite Garters._--Can any of your readers inform me of the origin of the
"rebel garters," a pair of which I possess, and which have been carefully
handed down with other Stuart relics by my Jacobin fathers?

They are about 4 feet long, and 1-1/4 inch deep, of silk woven in the loom;
the pattern consists of a stripe of red, yellow, and blue, once repeated,
and arranged so that the two blue lines meet in the centre. At each end,
for about six or seven inches, and at spaces set at regular intervals,
these lines of colour are crossed, so as to form a check or tartan; the
spaces corresponding with the words in the following inscription, and one
word being allotted to each space:

"_Come lett us with one heart agree_"

and it is continued on the other:

"_To pray that God may bless P. C._"

The tartan, however, does not appear to be the "Royal Stuart."

Probably they were distributed to the friends and adherents of poor Prince
Charles Edward, to commemorate some special event in his ill-fated career.
But it would be interesting to know if many of them remain, and, if
possible, their correct history.

E. L. I.

_Daughters taking their Mothers' Names._--Can any of your readers favour me
with any instances, about the time of the first, second, and third Edwards,
of a daughter adding to her own name that of the mother, as Alicia,
daughter of Ada, &c.

BURIENSIS.

_General Fraser._--Have there been any _Life_ or _Memoirs_ ever published
of General Fraser, who fell in Burgoyne's most disastrous campaign? If any
such exist I should be glad to know of them.

W. FRASER.

Tor-Mohun.

_A Punning Divine._--Wanted the whereabouts of the following sentence,
which is said to be taken from a volume of sermons published during the
reign of James I.:

"This _dial_ shows that we must _die all_; yet notwithstanding, _all
houses_ are turned into _ale houses_; our _cares_ into _cates_; our
_paradise_ into a _pair o' dice_; _matrimony_ into a _matter of money_,
and _marriage_ into a _merry age_; our _divines_ have become _dry
vines_; it was not so in the days of _Noah_,--O no!"

W. W.

Malta.

_Contango._--A technical term in use among the sharebrokers of Liverpool,
and I presume elsewhere, signifying a sum of money paid for accommodating
either a buyer or seller